Scatter Plot with string in x-axis and integer on y-axis

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My data is
samples=["4S1";"4S2";"4S3";"4S4";"4S5"]';
percentage=[0;-11.5000000000000;-2.44000000000000;-8.13000000000000;-2.44000000000000]';
scatter(samples,percentage);
Error Message:
Error using scatter (line 56)
Input arguments must be numeric, datetime, duration or categorical.
Can anyone please help?
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KALYAN ACHARJYA
KALYAN ACHARJYA on 22 Jul 2019
I tried with the code, no error in my case. But the question is obvious, samples is strings, how you are going to plot with non numeric variables? Are you looking for Bar Plot?
Mahaveer Uttamchand
Mahaveer Uttamchand on 22 Jul 2019
Thank you KALYAN ACHARJYA for your answer, however, please check my answer that I posted recently. Have a good day. Thank you once again :)

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Mahaveer Uttamchand
Mahaveer Uttamchand on 22 Jul 2019
I had found myself recently, actually as mentioned in the error, it should be categorical,
Here is the program,
n=["4S1";"4S2";"4S3";"4S4";"4S5"]';
y=[0;-11.5000000000000;-2.44000000000000;-8.13000000000000;-2.44000000000000]';
x=categorical(n);
s=scatter(x,y);
and if you want your graph to look nice, use the following,
s.LineWidth = 0.6;
s.MarkerEdgeColor = 'b';
s.MarkerFaceColor = [0 0.5 0.5];

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TADA
TADA on 22 Jul 2019
Maybe bar chart would be better for you, but if you must use scatter plot
scatter(1:5,percentage);
set(gca, 'XTick', 1:5, 'XTickLabel', samples);
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TADA
TADA on 22 Jul 2019
One more thing, when you need to plot something but don't know how, its always a good idea to check the plot gallery
Mahaveer Uttamchand
Mahaveer Uttamchand on 22 Jul 2019
Thank you TADA for your answer, however, please check my answer that I posted recently. Have a good day. Thank you once again :)

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